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Hershel Hibbard was born in Rose Hill, Kansas in September 1925. His mother worked as a switchboard operator and his...

George A. Damiano was discharged from the Army in November [Annotator's Note: November 1946] at Camp Beale [Annotator's...

James Salerno was born in Summit, New Jersey, in 1918. Before the war he worked as a clerk in a store. Salerno chose...

After the war ended, William Beaman was sent back to San Francisco, California on the USS Flasher (SS-249), then...

Thomas Lusco Sr. was put on the USS Tucker [Annotator’s Note: USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875)] in December [Annotator’s...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom can be heard off-...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Patrick Zilliacus if he had a good luck prayer for when his submarine was being...

By the second day of basic training Leon J. Neiman realized how hard serving in the military was going to be. One day...

Richard O'Hara went into the Guard [Annotator's Note: Indiana National Guard] sometime in the 1960s as a Second...

After getting back to the United States [Annotator’s Note: after surviving the sinking of the USS Preston (DD-379) in...

Donald Herbert Shown joined the Navy and completed boot camp in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] in...

Other close calls John Cassidy remembers included a night when two bombers flew so low, in diversionary tactics while...

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